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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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